Over 3,380 tonnes VGF rice allocated for Gaibandha

The government has allocated 3,385 tonnes of rice for the distressed and ultra-poor people of the district on Eid-ul-Fitr under the Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme.

District relief and rehabilitation office source said the rice would be distributed to a total of 3,38,560 VGF card-holders of all the seven upazilas including four Pourashava in the district before Eid-ul-Fitr.

Of the total, 26,212 cards are allocated for Fulchhari upazila, 71,256 for Sundarganj upazila, 40,475 for Shaghata upazila, 66,529 for Gobindaganj upazila, 41,116 for Sadullapur upazila, 57, 946 for Sadar upazila and 34,526 for Palashbari upazila of the district.

Apart from it, 4,621 cards are allocated for Gaibandha Pourashava and Gobindaganj Pourashavas each, 3,081cards for Sundarganj Pourashava, and 1,540 cards for Palashbari upazila of the district, sources said.

Each of the beneficiaries would get 10 kgs of rice so that they could celebrate the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals for Muslims, without food crisis, said assistant commissioner and acting district relief and rehabilitation officer Md Juwel Miah,

Deputy Commissioner (DC) Oliur Rahman told BSS that said instructions were given to the upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) along with project implementation officers (PIOs) to distribute the rice to the beneficiaries smoothly within a very short time.

Sadar UNO Ashraful Alam and PIO Anisur Rahman said as per the directives of the DC necessary measures were taken to distribute the VGF rice to the beneficiaries of the upazila before the Eid festival without any criticism.

Rice is also being distributed to the distressed of other six upazilas of the district properly, sources said.